Pleasant Lawn Cemetery Explained

Pleasant Lawn Cemetery
Location:NY 69A, Parish, New York
Coordinates:43.4019°N -76.1406°W
Architect:Granger, Merton Elwood
Architecture:Gothic Revival
Added:October 5, 2005
Refnum:05001125

Pleasant Lawn Cemetery is a historic cemetery located at Parish in Oswego County, New York. It was first used as a burial ground in 1814 and formally incorporated in 1871. Within the boundaries of this contributing site are three contributing buildings; a 19th-century receiving vault, the Mills-Petrie Mausoleum of 1899, and the Mills-Petrie Chapel of 1917. The earliest gravestones date from 1825.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

US Representative Hadwen C. Fuller (1895–1990) is buried there.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Pleasant Lawn Cemetery. July 2005. 2009-11-10 . Anthony Opalka. New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying 12 photos.
  2. https://www.halfshire.org/parish Parish – Half-Shire Historical Society